Subject: Re: identify this bird
Date: Sep 4 13:51:12 1997
From: Michael Price - mprice at mindlink.bc.ca


Hi Tweets,

>>Size comparison slightly larger than Pectoral.
>
>Ambiguous. PESA size is all over the lot. Notes don't say whether Pecs were
>around for comparison. Besides, an adult RUFF would not just be slightly
>larger than a PESA; it would be *significantly* and obviously bigger than
>even a large male PESA.

Sorry, Tweets: I meant to say "an adult *male* RUFF".

>From the description, "Neck showed some remnants of ruff.", the observer is
clearly suggesting indirectly but implicitly that the bird is a male RUFF,
since a female lacks this feature.

M